The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas as “coordinated, methodical and strategic, using their military and economic power to erode the free and open international order”.

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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Ferie 2017

published:06 Feb 2017

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'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his visit to China his rhetoric was very anti-U.S. and pro-Beijing.
He's even previously said he would set aside a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China's so-called "nine dash line" in the South China Sea in order for closer bilateral ties.
But, Thursday's order to send his troops to occupy uninhabited islands will likely anger China and his efforts for closer ties will face hurdles.
Duterte also said he might visit the Philippine-controlled island of Thitu to raise the national flag there on the country's Independence Day, which falls on June 12th.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to a military base in Palawan, near the disputed waters, Duterte said everyone was making a grab for the islands, so his country should live there to claim what's already the country's territory.
Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty in the strategic area.
The Philippine leader's order also comes ahead of the U.S.-China summit, during which the South China issue will also likely be discussed.
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Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives
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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency”, clearly suggesting gunboat diplomacy at work. However, Indian Navy sources say that, while a Chinese flotilla, including a destroyer and a frigate, had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, it turned around and returned to the South China Sea through the Lombok Strait. The four straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai Wetar are used by China’sPeople’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), to cross between their bases in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. That leaves the PLA(N) with three warships in the vicinity -- its routine deployment in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy escort duties. In addition to this “28th Anti-Piracy EscortForce” (APEF), as the three-vessel task force is called, three more PLA(N) warships that had formed the 27th APEF are currently visiting African ports. The Indian Navy, meanwhile, continues maintaining a heavy presence of battle-ready warships in the Arabian Sea, including many close to the Maldives. According to a navy announcement last Wednesday, “A tri-service maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Paschim Lehar’, commenced on the Western seaboard on 12 Feb[ruary 20]18. This exercise includes the participation of a large number of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy.” The announcement also revealed the presence of “Eastern Naval Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard [units that are] also participating to build in...
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A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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China Seas

The China Seas consist of a series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, around China. They are the major components signifying the transition from the continent of Asia to the Pacific Ocean. They have been described in terms of their collective vastness and complexity:

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,400,000sqmi). The area's importance largely results from one-third of the world's shipping sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed.

The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago, number in the hundreds. The sea and its mostly uninhabited islands are subject to competing claims of sovereignty by several countries. These claims are also reflected in the variety of names used for the islands and the sea.

Names

South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent, but it is sometimes called by different names in China's neighboring countries, often reflecting historical claims to hegemony over the sea.

South Pole

True south is the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates, called the South Pole. The South Pole is located in Antarctica. Magnetic south is the direction towards the south magnetic pole, some distance away from the south geographic pole.

News Alert: U.S. Send Warning to China about Build New Military Base in South China Sea

News Alert: U.S. Send Warning to China about Build New Military Base in South China Sea

News Alert: U.S. Send Warning to China about Build New Military Base in South China Sea

The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas as “coordinated, methodical and strategic, using their military and economic power to erode the free and open international order”.

China's Plans For The South China Sea (HBO)

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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South China Sea - Cruise 2017

South China Sea - Cruise 2017

South China Sea - Cruise 2017

Ferie 2017

1:57

Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his visit to China his rhetoric was very anti-U.S. and pro-Beijing.
He's even previously said he would set aside a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China's so-called "nine dash line" in the South China Sea in order for closer bilateral ties.
But, Thursday's order to send his troops to occupy uninhabited islands will likely anger China and his efforts for closer ties will face hurdles.
Duterte also said he might visit the Philippine-controlled island of Thitu to raise the national flag there on the country's Independence Day, which falls on June 12th.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to a military base in Palawan, near the disputed waters, Duterte said everyone was making a grab for the islands, so his country should live there to claim what's already the country's territory.
Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty in the strategic area.
The Philippine leader's order also comes ahead of the U.S.-China summit, during which the South China issue will also likely be discussed.
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Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives
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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency”, clearly suggesting gunboat diplomacy at work. However, Indian Navy sources say that, while a Chinese flotilla, including a destroyer and a frigate, had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, it turned around and returned to the South China Sea through the Lombok Strait. The four straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai Wetar are used by China’sPeople’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), to cross between their bases in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. That leaves the PLA(N) with three warships in the vicinity -- its routine deployment in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy escort duties. In addition to this “28th Anti-Piracy EscortForce” (APEF), as the three-vessel task force is called, three more PLA(N) warships that had formed the 27th APEF are currently visiting African ports. The Indian Navy, meanwhile, continues maintaining a heavy presence of battle-ready warships in the Arabian Sea, including many close to the Maldives. According to a navy announcement last Wednesday, “A tri-service maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Paschim Lehar’, commenced on the Western seaboard on 12 Feb[ruary 20]18. This exercise includes the participation of a large number of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy.” The announcement also revealed the presence of “Eastern Naval Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard [units that are] also participating to build in...
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Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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Tanker ship SOUTH CHINA sea

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing
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Military Intelligence2209 02.09.2017updated 0359 03.09.2017 Get short URLBy intensifying its military presence in waters claimed by China, the US is increasing the likelihood of a regional arms race, according to reports. As relations between Washington and Beijing continue to degenerate, an announcement by the Pentagon to increase maritime patrols in the disputed South China Sea has defense analysts concerned about an expected military escalation on both sides. Frustrated by continuing rebuffs from US PresidentDonald Trump to overtures for bilateral negotiation, and now facing an enhanced US Navy presence in what it claims to be home waters, Beijing is expected to step up its weapons and military asset deployment in the hotlydisputed region, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. In suggesting that Washington seeks to demonstrate a consistent posture to counter Beijings claims in the South China Sea, the report stated that the US Pacific Command would increase its regular patrols to twotothree per month, cited by the South China Morning PostSCMP. SocalledFreedom of Navigation patrols by US Navy warships are expected to incite China to increase its military presence in the area, resulting in weapons escalation and a growing unease by regional partners to both nations. There were just four reported US Navy patrols in the region during the previous administration of US President Barack Obama, as well as three since Trumps inauguration, however the Pentagon announcement will significantly increase the regular presence of US military assets in the region, a move sure to incense Beijing. Diplomatic tensions between the US and China will rise prior to Trumps planned visit to Beijing in November, according to Pang Zhongying, from Qingdaos OceanUniversity.. China will closely monitor US vessels and counter them, Pang suggested, adding that it would, lead to worsening ties between the two militaries, cited by SCMP. The most recent US Navy Freedom of Navigation patrol was completed by the USS John S. McCain just days prior to that ships collision with a cargo vessel in waters near Singapore that resulted in the deaths of 10 American sailors. China has recently asserted its sovereign...
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News Alert: U.S. Send Warning to China about Build New Military Base in South China Sea

The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s...

NEW BRITISH WARSHIPS HEAD TO SOUTH CHINA SEA TO SEND BEIJING A MESSAGE

NEW BRITISH WARSHIPS HEAD TO SOUTH CHINASEA TO SEND BEIJING A MESSAGE
The U.K. is sending its two newest aircraft carriers into some of the world’s busiest and most hotly contested waters in the South China Sea, The Guardian reports.
The 65,000-metric-ton HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the Royal Navy’s largest ship, and her sister vessel, set to be christened HMS Prince of Wales in September, are heading to the Asia-Pacific for one of their first assignments. Sending a political message to China seems to be their first major objectives.
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China's Plans For The South China Sea (HBO)

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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published: 08 Jun 2017

South China Sea - Cruise 2017

Ferie 2017

published: 06 Feb 2017

Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his...

published: 07 Apr 2017

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives
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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropic...

published: 21 Feb 2018

Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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Tanker ship SOUTH CHINA sea

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing

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Military Intelligence2209 02.09.2017updated 0359 03.09.2017 Get short URLBy intensifying its military presence in waters claimed by China, the US is increasing the likelihood of a regional arms race, according to reports. As relations between Washington and Beijing continue to degenerate, an announcement by the Pentagon to increase maritime patrols in the disputed South China Sea has defense analysts concerned about an expected military escalation on both sides. Frustrated by continuing rebuffs from US Presiden...

The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas as “coordinated, methodical and strategic, using their military and economic power to erode the free and open international order”.

The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas as “coordinated, methodical and strategic, using their military and economic power to erode the free and open international order”.

China's Plans For The South China Sea (HBO)

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese wat...

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in t...

'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his visit to China his rhetoric was very anti-U.S. and pro-Beijing.
He's even previously said he would set aside a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China's so-called "nine dash line" in the South China Sea in order for closer bilateral ties.
But, Thursday's order to send his troops to occupy uninhabited islands will likely anger China and his efforts for closer ties will face hurdles.
Duterte also said he might visit the Philippine-controlled island of Thitu to raise the national flag there on the country's Independence Day, which falls on June 12th.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to a military base in Palawan, near the disputed waters, Duterte said everyone was making a grab for the islands, so his country should live there to claim what's already the country's territory.
Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty in the strategic area.
The Philippine leader's order also comes ahead of the U.S.-China summit, during which the South China issue will also likely be discussed.
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'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his visit to China his rhetoric was very anti-U.S. and pro-Beijing.
He's even previously said he would set aside a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China's so-called "nine dash line" in the South China Sea in order for closer bilateral ties.
But, Thursday's order to send his troops to occupy uninhabited islands will likely anger China and his efforts for closer ties will face hurdles.
Duterte also said he might visit the Philippine-controlled island of Thitu to raise the national flag there on the country's Independence Day, which falls on June 12th.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to a military base in Palawan, near the disputed waters, Duterte said everyone was making a grab for the islands, so his country should live there to claim what's already the country's territory.
Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty in the strategic area.
The Philippine leader's order also comes ahead of the U.S.-China summit, during which the South China issue will also likely be discussed.
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Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency”, clearly suggesting gunboat diplomacy at work. However, Indian Navy sources say that, while a Chinese flotilla, including a destroyer and a frigate, had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, it turned around and returned to the South China Sea through the Lombok Strait. The four straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai Wetar are used by China’sPeople’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), to cross between their bases in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. That leaves the PLA(N) with three warships in the vicinity -- its routine deployment in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy escort duties. In addition to this “28th Anti-Piracy EscortForce” (APEF), as the three-vessel task force is called, three more PLA(N) warships that had formed the 27th APEF are currently visiting African ports. The Indian Navy, meanwhile, continues maintaining a heavy presence of battle-ready warships in the Arabian Sea, including many close to the Maldives. According to a navy announcement last Wednesday, “A tri-service maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Paschim Lehar’, commenced on the Western seaboard on 12 Feb[ruary 20]18. This exercise includes the participation of a large number of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy.” The announcement also revealed the presence of “Eastern Naval Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard [units that are] also participating to build in...
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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency”, clearly suggesting gunboat diplomacy at work. However, Indian Navy sources say that, while a Chinese flotilla, including a destroyer and a frigate, had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, it turned around and returned to the South China Sea through the Lombok Strait. The four straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai Wetar are used by China’sPeople’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), to cross between their bases in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. That leaves the PLA(N) with three warships in the vicinity -- its routine deployment in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy escort duties. In addition to this “28th Anti-Piracy EscortForce” (APEF), as the three-vessel task force is called, three more PLA(N) warships that had formed the 27th APEF are currently visiting African ports. The Indian Navy, meanwhile, continues maintaining a heavy presence of battle-ready warships in the Arabian Sea, including many close to the Maldives. According to a navy announcement last Wednesday, “A tri-service maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Paschim Lehar’, commenced on the Western seaboard on 12 Feb[ruary 20]18. This exercise includes the participation of a large number of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy.” The announcement also revealed the presence of “Eastern Naval Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard [units that are] also participating to build in...
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Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice...

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing
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Military Intelligence2209 02.09.2017updated 0359 03.09.2017 Get short URLBy intensifying its military presence in waters claimed by China, the US is increasing the likelihood of a regional arms race, according to reports. As relations between Washington and Beijing continue to degenerate, an announcement by the Pentagon to increase maritime patrols in the disputed South China Sea has defense analysts concerned about an expected military escalation on both sides. Frustrated by continuing rebuffs from US PresidentDonald Trump to overtures for bilateral negotiation, and now facing an enhanced US Navy presence in what it claims to be home waters, Beijing is expected to step up its weapons and military asset deployment in the hotlydisputed region, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. In suggesting that Washington seeks to demonstrate a consistent posture to counter Beijings claims in the South China Sea, the report stated that the US Pacific Command would increase its regular patrols to twotothree per month, cited by the South China Morning PostSCMP. SocalledFreedom of Navigation patrols by US Navy warships are expected to incite China to increase its military presence in the area, resulting in weapons escalation and a growing unease by regional partners to both nations. There were just four reported US Navy patrols in the region during the previous administration of US President Barack Obama, as well as three since Trumps inauguration, however the Pentagon announcement will significantly increase the regular presence of US military assets in the region, a move sure to incense Beijing. Diplomatic tensions between the US and China will rise prior to Trumps planned visit to Beijing in November, according to Pang Zhongying, from Qingdaos OceanUniversity.. China will closely monitor US vessels and counter them, Pang suggested, adding that it would, lead to worsening ties between the two militaries, cited by SCMP. The most recent US Navy Freedom of Navigation patrol was completed by the USS John S. McCain just days prior to that ships collision with a cargo vessel in waters near Singapore that resulted in the deaths of 10 American sailors. China has recently asserted its sovereign...
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Military Intelligence2209 02.09.2017updated 0359 03.09.2017 Get short URLBy intensifying its military presence in waters claimed by China, the US is increasing the likelihood of a regional arms race, according to reports. As relations between Washington and Beijing continue to degenerate, an announcement by the Pentagon to increase maritime patrols in the disputed South China Sea has defense analysts concerned about an expected military escalation on both sides. Frustrated by continuing rebuffs from US PresidentDonald Trump to overtures for bilateral negotiation, and now facing an enhanced US Navy presence in what it claims to be home waters, Beijing is expected to step up its weapons and military asset deployment in the hotlydisputed region, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. In suggesting that Washington seeks to demonstrate a consistent posture to counter Beijings claims in the South China Sea, the report stated that the US Pacific Command would increase its regular patrols to twotothree per month, cited by the South China Morning PostSCMP. SocalledFreedom of Navigation patrols by US Navy warships are expected to incite China to increase its military presence in the area, resulting in weapons escalation and a growing unease by regional partners to both nations. There were just four reported US Navy patrols in the region during the previous administration of US President Barack Obama, as well as three since Trumps inauguration, however the Pentagon announcement will significantly increase the regular presence of US military assets in the region, a move sure to incense Beijing. Diplomatic tensions between the US and China will rise prior to Trumps planned visit to Beijing in November, according to Pang Zhongying, from Qingdaos OceanUniversity.. China will closely monitor US vessels and counter them, Pang suggested, adding that it would, lead to worsening ties between the two militaries, cited by SCMP. The most recent US Navy Freedom of Navigation patrol was completed by the USS John S. McCain just days prior to that ships collision with a cargo vessel in waters near Singapore that resulted in the deaths of 10 American sailors. China has recently asserted its sovereign...
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News Alert: U.S. Send Warning to China about Build New Military Base in South China Sea

The commander of the United States Pacific Command on Wednesday warned of China’s growing military might, saying Beijing had unilaterally built seven new military bases in the South China Sea.
“China is attempting to assert de facto sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further militarising its man-made bases,” AdmiralHarry Harris said in a congressional hearing.
Harris told the House Armed Services Committee that the new facilities included “aircraft hangers, barracks facilities, radar facilities, weapon emplacements [and] 10,000-foot runways”.
Beijing has overlapping territorial claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway through which more than a third of all global trade passes.
Harris said he saw Beijing’s assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas as “coordinated, methodical and strategic, using their military and economic power to erode the free and open international order”.

China's Plans For The South China Sea (HBO)

China is reportedly considering a change to its maritime policy: it would require foreign submarines to surface and fly their national flag while in Chinese waters, including the South China Sea.
That could have a significant impact on American forces, because the U.S. Navy maintains at least four forward-deployed attack submarines in the area.
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Duterte sends troops to disputed South China Sea

'친중' 두테르테 변심했나…"남중국해 섬•암초에 병력 배치"
The controversial leader of the Philippines has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and reefs the country claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The move is expected to anger China, which claims almost all of the territory and has been building artificial islands in the area.
For more on this and other news in East Asia...let's turn to Ro Aram...
Aram... this is a bold move by Rodrigo Duterte, especially after relations between the Philippines and China seemed to be improving...
Well Jihye, Duterte has once joked during his campaign that he would jet ski to one of China's artificial islands to assert Manila's claim to the region.
But, after taking office, as you said, he has tried to mend strained ties with Beijing in recent months.
During his visit to China his rhetoric was very anti-U.S. and pro-Beijing.
He's even previously said he would set aside a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China's so-called "nine dash line" in the South China Sea in order for closer bilateral ties.
But, Thursday's order to send his troops to occupy uninhabited islands will likely anger China and his efforts for closer ties will face hurdles.
Duterte also said he might visit the Philippine-controlled island of Thitu to raise the national flag there on the country's Independence Day, which falls on June 12th.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to a military base in Palawan, near the disputed waters, Duterte said everyone was making a grab for the islands, so his country should live there to claim what's already the country's territory.
Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan also claim sovereignty in the strategic area.
The Philippine leader's order also comes ahead of the U.S.-China summit, during which the South China issue will also likely be discussed.
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Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

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A Chinese warship flotilla that had entered the Indian Ocean, reportedly heading for the Maldives Islands, has turned around and returned to the South China Sea, say highly credible Indian Navy sources. On Tuesday, Reuters quoted Chinese website Sina.com to report that eleven Chinese warships had entered the Indian Ocean “amid a constitutional crisis in the tiny tropical island chain of the Maldives now under a state of emergency”, clearly suggesting gunboat diplomacy at work. However, Indian Navy sources say that, while a Chinese flotilla, including a destroyer and a frigate, had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait, it turned around and returned to the South China Sea through the Lombok Strait. The four straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai Wetar are used by China’sPeople’s Liberation Army (Navy), or PLA(N), to cross between their bases in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. That leaves the PLA(N) with three warships in the vicinity -- its routine deployment in the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy escort duties. In addition to this “28th Anti-Piracy EscortForce” (APEF), as the three-vessel task force is called, three more PLA(N) warships that had formed the 27th APEF are currently visiting African ports. The Indian Navy, meanwhile, continues maintaining a heavy presence of battle-ready warships in the Arabian Sea, including many close to the Maldives. According to a navy announcement last Wednesday, “A tri-service maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Paschim Lehar’, commenced on the Western seaboard on 12 Feb[ruary 20]18. This exercise includes the participation of a large number of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy.” The announcement also revealed the presence of “Eastern Naval Command, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard [units that are] also participating to build in...
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Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 n...

Navy Plans Two or More Patrols in South China Sea

A U.S. defense official said on Monday, the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other countries about U.S. rights under international law. An official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about Navy operational plans, confirmed the plan. U.S. Deputy National Security AdviserBen Rhodes on Monday said there would be more demonstrations of the U.S. military's commitment to the right to freely navigate in the region.
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Inside the South China Sea Conflict

Nations in Southeast Asia are trying to head off a military conflict over disputed waters....

Washington to escalate us navy patrols in the south china sea, angering beijing

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Military Intelligence2209 02.09.2017updated 0359 03.09.2017 Get short URLBy intensifying its military presence in waters claimed by China, the US is increasing the likelihood of a regional arms race, according to reports. As relations between Washington and Beijing continue to degenerate, an announcement by the Pentagon to increase maritime patrols in the disputed South China Sea has defense analysts concerned about an expected military escalation on both sides. Frustrated by continuing rebuffs from US PresidentDonald Trump to overtures for bilateral negotiation, and now facing an enhanced US Navy presence in what it claims to be home waters, Beijing is expected to step up its weapons and military asset deployment in the hotlydisputed region, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. In suggesting that Washington seeks to demonstrate a consistent posture to counter Beijings claims in the South China Sea, the report stated that the US Pacific Command would increase its regular patrols to twotothree per month, cited by the South China Morning PostSCMP. SocalledFreedom of Navigation patrols by US Navy warships are expected to incite China to increase its military presence in the area, resulting in weapons escalation and a growing unease by regional partners to both nations. There were just four reported US Navy patrols in the region during the previous administration of US President Barack Obama, as well as three since Trumps inauguration, however the Pentagon announcement will significantly increase the regular presence of US military assets in the region, a move sure to incense Beijing. Diplomatic tensions between the US and China will rise prior to Trumps planned visit to Beijing in November, according to Pang Zhongying, from Qingdaos OceanUniversity.. China will closely monitor US vessels and counter them, Pang suggested, adding that it would, lead to worsening ties between the two militaries, cited by SCMP. The most recent US Navy Freedom of Navigation patrol was completed by the USS John S. McCain just days prior to that ships collision with a cargo vessel in waters near Singapore that resulted in the deaths of 10 American sailors. China has recently asserted its sovereign...
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